Video: Police Station Sinks Into River In Flood-Hit Assam

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A giant chunk of the two-storey constructing was appear sinking into the river.

A police station was seen sinking right into a river in one of many many scenes of devastation in Assam attributable to the worst floods in years. A giant chunk of the two-storey constructing within the Nalbari district submerged after the erosion of Brahmaputra river banks.

Nalbari is among the many districts the place giant scale erosion has been reported.

The villagers have been seen recording the dramatic visuals on their telephones as a portion of the constructing collapsed like a home of playing cards. No accidents or causalities have been reported because the constructing was empty on the time of the incident, in response to a number of media reviews.

The Bhangnamari police station was fully destroyed by the excessive circulation of river.

A number of areas have been plunged into darkness, buildings have been seen floating within the flood waters as roads have been taken over by rivers in latest weeks.

Whereas the flood waters have began to recede in lots of different areas positioned close to Assam’s mighty Brahmaputra river, the state of affairs in Cachar and its neighbouring Karimganj and Hailakandi districts continues to be grim, Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma advised Reuters.

Over 24 lakh individuals in 28 districts are nonetheless affected by the deluge and several other localities, like Silchar city in Cachar district nonetheless underneath water for greater than per week. 5 extra deaths have been recorded prior to now 24 hours. 139 individuals have died within the floods and landslides in Assam since April this 12 months.


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